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Fairfield Independent Hospital

Registered charity 502791 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE GUY PILKINGTON MEMORIAL HOME LIMITED

We provide a broad range of clinical and health services to the public.We provide consulting rooms, diagnostic facilities, operating theatres and treatment rooms in order to relieve sickness, injury and poor health amongst the sick, convalescent, disabled and infirm. We promote and preserve good physical and mental health.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Accommodation/housing · Get email alerts

Latest income
£16.6m
Latest spending
£17.3m
Registered
1973
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a loss of £723,356 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of £16,576,810 and total expenditure of £17,300,166. The charity has sold its trade and assets, with the sale completed in March 2025, and intends to wind down operational activities to support local health and care charities.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £973k; policy: sufficient to manage the risks involved in providing its medical services and to provide resources to invest in new activities)
“some £973,440 (2022 £1,787,963) is held as unallocated or free reserves which is equivalent to 1.31 months (2023 2.55 months) of fixed costs. The charitable company’s policy is to hold reserves sufficient to manage the risks involved in providing its medical services and to provide resources to invest in new activities.” — page 10
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees or their relatives were patients at the Hospital.
“During the year, some trustees or their relatives were patients at the Hospital. The trustees were treated on the same terms as all other patients.” — page 31
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

CQC provider record: Fairfield Independent Hospital — Deregistered, 1 registered location, last inspected 10/08/2016.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£16.6m
Total spending
£17.3m
Reserves (reported)
£5.8m
Employees
192

Reported reserves equal ~4.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£16.6m£17.3m
31/12/2023£15.8m£15.8m
31/12/2022£14.4m£14.2m
31/12/2021£13.6m£14.2m
31/12/2020£9.9m£10.8m

Common questions

Is Fairfield Independent Hospital financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a loss of £723,356 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of £16,576,810 and total expenditure of £17,300,166. The charity has sold its trade and assets, with the sale completed in March 2025, and intends to wind down operational activities to support local health and care charities. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES1£411k
THE HEADLEY TRUST1£100k
PETER HARRISON FOUNDATION1£20k
THE GEOFF & FIONA SQUIRE FOUNDATION1£5k
MATTHEW GOOD FOUNDATION1£4k
EMERTON-CHRISTIE CHARITY1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FAIRFIELD RESIDENTIAL HOME.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Fairfield Independent Hospital£16.6m——below—no doubt
FAIRFIELD RESIDENTIAL HOME FY2025£2.8mmore than £60,0001unclear—no doubt
THE INSTITUTE OF HEALTHCARE ENGINEERING AND ESTATE MANAGEMENT FY2024£1.2m—2above—no doubt
The Friends of Whitstable Healthcare FY2025£128k—0above—no doubt
FAIRPLAY FY2025£2.0m——below—no doubt
NEWBURY AND THATCHAM HOSPITAL BUILDING TRUST FY2025£6.5m—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.